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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Spelaeomys
SPECIES Spelaeomys florensis
| Author: | Hooijer, 1957. | | Citation: | Zool. Meded. Leiden, 35: 306. | | Common Name: | Flores Island Spelaeomys | | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Palau Flores, Manggarai Province, Liang Toge, a cave near Warukia, 1 km S Lepa. | | Distribution: | Known only from Flores Isl. | | Status: | IUCN – Extinct. | | Comments: | A large-bodied, probably arboreal frugivore and folivore represented only by subfossil fragments (3000-4000 years old). The species may still live on Flores, possibly other nearby islands, and should be sought in any remnants of tropical evergreen rainforest. |
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